Parking lights are out.

The parking lights and the plate lights are out too. I have looked over the owners manuel and can not find the right fuse to replace. Can you tell me what fuse I need to look at without pulling all of them?
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Re: Parking lights are out.

Fuse 33 and 34 are the ones (inside box), make sure that power is present on both sides of the fuse, even if it looks ok, the fuse boxes in these cars are notorius for poor connectors, so the fuse is good but there is no connection to the protected circuit.

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tracing short circuits can be tricky you need a good electrical knowledge and a bit of luck.what items are not working when the fuse has blown? concentrate on these items first follow the wiring back from these loads looking for chafed wires . if you cant see anything
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